Vlissingen: (Name in English: Flushing) is a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
1Colours from the sunset in the sky.
2Something large being towed...
3Fishing at sunset..
4Fishing at sunset.
5Fishing 2
6Fishing 3
7Fishing vessel
8Pilot boats coming in to dock.
9Pilot boat going out to ship.
10Admiral Michiel de Ruyter Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676
11Sailing on the Western Scheldt
12Sailing on the Western Scheldt
13Wind pipe organ, Vlissingen The World Windchime is a sound sculpture consisting of vertically placed bamboo tubes in which holes are made . It stands at the end of the Nolledijk in Vlissingen. The wind organ is a wind instrument which is played by the wind and produces a variety of sonorous , sometimes a rush humming
14Wind pipe organ
15World wind pipe organ
16Looking onto the beach.
17Sailing vessel.
18Waiting..
19Sailing vessel docked.
20Standing proud at sunset.
21Reaching out.
22Reaching out 2.
23Low tide. Pilot boat going out to a vessel at low tide.
24Low tide...
25Het Arsenaal and harbour for sailing vessels. Het Arsenaal...The best amusement park in Zeeland !
26Waiting for warmer weather. Harbour in Vlissingen
27Frans Nearebout, Historical Rescue Hero Naerebout was born into a poor fishing family. He was a fisherman and pilot for the Zeeland coast. July 24 and 25, 1779 the frigate Woestduyn was coming from Batavia , it approched Vlissingen waters led by an inexperienced pilot. The ship ran a ground on a sandbank . When a rescue vessel refused to go to the aid of the vessel becasue of a storm... Naerebout together with his brother Jacob and six other brave Vlissingers went out to the Woestduyn...risking their lives. They were able to rescue 71 of the more than one hundred people on board the ship.
28Big and small On the Western Scheldt.
29Rays of wonder Sunsets are amazing, as you watch them ever so gently bring the evenings to a closure. Whether it is over the open seas or landscapes, the mixture of the warm colours of orange, reds, yellows and with colours like purple blue, and indigo can give you the feeling of the greatness of the universe.
30Some where watching the sunset. Standing alone waiting...